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The Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland will host their first international conference on Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) on November 10 and November 11, 2012 on the College Park campus.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate scholarly exchanges of research ideas and findings, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote research on the understanding of linguistic, psycholinguistic, and socio-cultural processes involved in the learning and teaching of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL).

Plenary Speakers: Michael Long, Chuanren Ke

More information about the conference and online registration are available at: